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Clothing and shoe stores in Elbert County, CO
How Elbert County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 91 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #24 of 2,087 scored counties
#1 of 35 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 9
- 4 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $23.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,349 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,534
- +16.5% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing and shoe stores, Elbert County has a Groundwork market score of 91 (very high): #24 of 2,087 scored counties and #1 of 35 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing and shoe stores.
Households in Elbert County spend about $23.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,349 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
There are 9 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Elbert County as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 44%, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.0, 44% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores in Elbert County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Elbert County grew 16.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Elbert County compares
The same measures for Colorado and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing and shoe stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Elbert County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 14.6 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,317 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −9.4% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.5% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,349 | $2,010 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $132,685 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 91 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 94 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Elbert County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Elbert County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,534+16.5% since 2020
- Households
- 10,004
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 95%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.8
- Land area
- 1,851 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $132,685+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $161,186
- Median home value
- $709,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,921
- Daytime population
- 17,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 91 | 9 | 9.0 | $2.6M | +16.5% | #24 of 2,087 |
| 2Weld County, CO | 82 | 102 | 8.2 | $2.4M | +14.2% | #132 of 2,087 |
| 3Broomfield County, CO | 69 | 20 | 6.3 | $3.7M | +6.3% | #389 of 2,087 |
| 4Teller County, CO | 67 | 7 | 5.9 | $3.1M | 0.0% | #450 of 2,087 |
| 5Arapahoe County, CO | 66 | 283 | 11.0 | $1.9M | +2.8% | #493 of 2,087 |
| 6Grand County, CO | 65 | 8 | 10.7 | $1.8M | +4.8% | #529 of 2,087 |
| 7Chaffee County, CO | 64 | 11 | 11.2 | $1.7M | +6.9% | #549 of 2,087 |
| 8Jefferson County, CO | 61 | 238 | 9.8 | $2.2M | −0.5% | #637 of 2,087 |
| 9El Paso County, CO | 61 | 346 | 11.9 | $1.6M | +3.2% | #653 of 2,087 |
| 10Fremont County, CO | 60 | 16 | 8.9 | $1.8M | +2.4% | #677 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Elbert County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry95
- Clothing and shoe stores91
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Elbert County, CO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 clothing and shoe stores in Elbert County. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in Elbert County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Elbert County, CO spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $23.5M a year, or $2,349 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per store. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,004 households in Elbert County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elbert County, CO compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Elbert County has 9.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.6M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Elbert County would have about 19, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Elbert County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Elbert County at 30,534 people in 2025, up 16.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,004 households. Median household income in Elbert County is $132,685, 64% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Elbert County scores 91 for clothing and shoe stores (very high), #24 of 2,087 scored counties.
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